The Oxford Handbook of Religion and EcologyRoger S. Gottlieb Oxford University Press, 9. nov 2006 - 688 pages The last two decades have seen the emergence of a new field of academic study that examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Theologians from every religious tradition have confronted world religions past attitudes towards nature and acknowledged their own faiths complicity in the environmental crisis. Out of this confrontation have been born vital new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of tradition, profound criticisms of the past, and ecologically oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings. The proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part one will explore traditional religious concepts of and attitudes towards nature and how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II looks at larger conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions. Part III will examine religious participation in environmental politics. |
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... planting trees in Zimbabwe, resisting deforestation in Latin America, and seeking sustainable development in Sri Lanka. As Bron Taylor argues, such activity resonates with an international environmental movement which often has its own ...
... planting trees in Zimbabwe, resisting deforestation in Latin America, and seeking sustainable development in Sri Lanka. As Bron Taylor argues, such activity resonates with an international environmental movement which often has its own ...
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... plant world. In Jeremiah the almond tree represents old age, the vine and the fig tree capture coming desolation and destruction, and the olive tree is a common reference for longevity in biblical parables.28 In one famous parable ...
... plant world. In Jeremiah the almond tree represents old age, the vine and the fig tree capture coming desolation and destruction, and the olive tree is a common reference for longevity in biblical parables.28 In one famous parable ...
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... plant world, corporeal nature was regarded as evil to be transcended or spiritualized. On the other hand, the knowledge of the linguistic matrix of the natural world meant that the knower could manipulate the forces of nature, namely ...
... plant world, corporeal nature was regarded as evil to be transcended or spiritualized. On the other hand, the knowledge of the linguistic matrix of the natural world meant that the knower could manipulate the forces of nature, namely ...
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... plants, and animals.41 Nonetheless such information was still framed by the theological assumptions of medieval rationalism: the natural world could be understood in light of the revealed Torah, since it was the blueprint of creation ...
... plants, and animals.41 Nonetheless such information was still framed by the theological assumptions of medieval rationalism: the natural world could be understood in light of the revealed Torah, since it was the blueprint of creation ...
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... plant varieties; pollution of air and water; overconsumption of anything; and the waste of mineral and other ... plants, fruit trees, fish, birds, and land animals, and the prohibition is clarified and further elaborated in tractate Kil ...
... plant varieties; pollution of air and water; overconsumption of anything; and the waste of mineral and other ... plants, fruit trees, fish, birds, and land animals, and the prohibition is clarified and further elaborated in tractate Kil ...
Contents
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RELIGION AND ECOLOGY CONFLICTS AND CONNECTIONS | 311 |
RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 465 |
Bibliography | 613 |
Index | 633 |
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